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tangent4ronpaul
10-29-2013, 05:43 PM
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/not-even-two-weeks-after-shutdown-bittorrent-search-site-isohunt-is-back/

Less than two weeks ago, IsoHunt, the notorious search engine site for BitTorrent files, agreed to shut down and pay $110 million in a settlement with the Motion Pictures of America Association. The site even shut down a day early as a way to avoid being part of an online archive.

But now, the next generation of the site (available at isohunt.to and isohunt.ee) is already back. Whois information on both domains turns up no contact information. However, online records show that the new site is hosted in Australia.

On Tuesday, TorrentFreak reported that the new isoHunt had turned up again and even interviewed its anonymous creators.

“IsoHunt has been a great part of the torrent world for more than a decade. It’s a big loss to everyone who used it over the years. Media corporations don’t like innovation or competition, and isoHunt’s fate is one of the examples of how they deal with it,” isohunt.to’s creators told TorrentFreak.

“IsoHunt can definitely be called a file-sharing icon. People got used to it, and they don’t want to simply let it go. We want those people to feel like being at home while visiting isohunt.to. The main goal is to restore the website with torrents and provide users with the same familiar interface.”

Ars would love to speak with the creators of isohunt.to, if they're reading this.

-t

Warrior_of_Freedom
10-29-2013, 06:45 PM
If companies want to stop losing potential sales to file sharing programs they need to make their stuff available globally and also offer a quality product. Trying to stomp on people's freedoms just encourages the behavior they don't want.